Sustaining
These are the three R's of sustainability.
What is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle?
A Gen X slang Born between 1965 and 1980 meaning: calm down or relax
Ex: “John, you’re too stressed about this event. You need to ____!”
What is "take a chill pill"?
This activity is the act of searching for food or provisions. Historically laws were created to restrict indigenous and marginalized groups from being able to do this activity in an act to control their resources.
What is Foraging?
This is the most used renewable energy source.
What is Hydropower?
(September 15 to October 15) | This month corresponds with Mexican Independence Day, which is celebrated on September 16, and recognizes the revolution in 1810 that ended Spanish dictatorship.
What is Hispanic Heritage Month
The environmental benefits of making paper from recycled materials results in 74% less of this type of pollution and 35% less water pollution compared to making it from new materials.
What is Air Pollution?
A Millennial term born between 1981 and 1996 meaning: You Only Live Once.
Ex: “I’m taking PTO on Friday -_____!”
What is "YOLO"?
The introduction of this regions system of classification often disregarded and eclipsed the existing indigenous plant names and botanical knowledge of the local populations as it colonized other regions.
What is European?
This type of power is harvested from sunlight, often through photovoltaic panels, and converted into electricity.
What is solar power?
July 30th this International Day of _____, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2011, is a powerful reminder of the role that ______, across countries, cultures, and individuals, play in building bridges of peace and understanding.
What is Friendship?
Recycling not only reduces the amount of waste going to landfills but also conserves resources and reduces pollution. Recycling this amount of paper saves approximately 3.3 Cubic yards of landfill space.
What is one ton?
A Gen Z term born between 1997 and 2010 meaning: No lie/for real.
Ex: “____, this show is better than anything on Netflix.”
What is "no cap"?
In 2024 the international botanical congress in Madrid voted to change the names of over this many plant species containing a racial slur.
What is 200?
This renewable energy source is harnessed by large turbines.
What is wind energy?
September 21st This International Day of Peace, also officially known as _____, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on the 21st of September. It is dedicated to the absence of war and violence.
What is World Peace Day?
The act of doing this with one aluminum can saves enough power to run a television for approximately 3 hours.
What is recycling?
A Gen Alpha term born between 2010 and 2024 meaning: can refer to something good or bad.
Ex: “My wifi went out when I was working from home. It was totally _____.”
What is "Skibidi Toilet"? (no, we’re not joking)
This discriminatory practice of denying services, like loans or insurance, to residents of certain neighborhoods based on their race or ethnicity has led to areas affected by it to have less tree cover, leading to hotter temperatures and fewer plant and animal species.
What is Redlining?
In some countries, this type of energy is cheaper than fossil fuels.
What is Renewable?
This observance in March was established to raise public awareness of the autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord and assist those affected in making informed decisions about their health care.
What is National Multiple Sclerosis or MS Education and Awareness Month?
The act of recycling one aluminum can will power a television for this many hours.
What is composting?
A Baby Boomer term born between the years 1946 and 1964 meaning: Something is funny or enjoyable.
Ex: “Have you heard about Amy’s party? Man, it was such _____”
What is "a gas or it's a gas"?
This plant is native to both Africa and parts of North America. Allowing for enslaved people that had very limited access to food and taken from their home country of Africa to utilize it’s nutritional value when they were able to identify it here in the United States.
What is Black Nightshade?
This a type of solar energy that involves using sunlight to heat water for household use.
What is solar water heating or solar thermal water heating
Today! Aug 26th Commemorates the August 26, 1920, certification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gave women the right to vote. Congresswoman Bella Abzug first introduced a proclamation for this day in 1971.
What is Women's Equality Day?